Explore Boyne City, Michigan, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boyne City, Michigan. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Michigan or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Boyne City.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Boyne City |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Charlevoix County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 45.216675 |
| Longitude | -85.013942 |
| Population | 3,816 |
| Density | 369.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 49712 |
| Area Code | 906 |
| County Seat | Charlevoix |
| School District | Boyne City Public Schools |
Boyne City anchors itself firmly where the clear, swift waters of the Boyne River spill into the broad basin of Lake Charlevoix. It lies 43.1 miles northeast of Traverse City, MI (from Traverse City, MI: bearing 43°T), and is situated 6.7 miles northeast of East Jordan. The town maintains a coastal character despite its inland position, as the harbor waters mirror the gray, shifting clouds that roll in from the north. Beyond the immediate waterfront, the land rises in long, deliberate swells toward the distant horizon where the Chandler Hills trace a jagged line against the sky. During the autumn, the air grows sharp and cold, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine, while the light at dusk turns a bruised violet, lingering over the water long after the sun has slipped behind the treeline.
Veterans Memorial Park offers a quiet vantage point to watch the seasonal ebb and flow of the local economy, which has shifted from the rough-hewn labor of early timber mills to a steady, modern reliance on recreational trade. Visitors often traverse the nearby Donna's Delight Ski Trail or venture toward the sheltered waters of Horton Bay, seeking a solitude that feels increasingly rare. While the heavy industry of the past has quieted, the influence of the North Woods remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the downtown storefronts. Boyne City persists as a place of deliberate movement, where the legacy of its founding families persists in the names on the street signs and the enduring habit of looking toward the water for one's livelihood.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boyne City, Michigan. Coordinates: 45.216675, -85.013942. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Boyne City includes the ZIP code (49712), telephone area code (906), county seat of Charlevoix County (Charlevoix), and school district assignment (Boyne City Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |